Hraparak: Knesset speaker’s visit to Armenia ‘still questionable’

Despite the assurances that a National Assembly delegation recently gave - after its visit to Israel –the Knesset Speaker announced visit to Armenia is still highly questionable, the paper says, citing its sources.

Yuli-Yoel Edelstein was reported to be planning a trip to the country in May to attend the First Republic Day celebrations and the events marking the 100th anniversary of heroic battles.

“The Knesset President’s visit – likewise the Genocide issue – is politically highly sensitive for Israel. We believe the final verdict depends upon a range of issues, including the developments in Afrin. Understandably, any possible move to raise the Genocide issue by an opposition [political] force represented in the Knesset, was Israel’s message to Turkey which has ‘plunged too deep’ in Afrin,” the paper says, noting that the issue was last discussed at the education committee’s open-door session.